and began to advance on its primary objective , which it reached in the early afternoon despite being held up while the tanks attempted to affect a creek crossing , and further delayed by stiff resistance . later , after one of the battalion ' s patrols came under heavy fire , the tanks moved up and attacked a japanese gun position which the defenders quickly abandoned , leaving behind a 70 mm gun and a large amount of ammunition . by 22 may , although there were still a number of japanese in the area which continued to hara ##ss and ambush their line of communications , most of the australian objectives had been secured and mo ##pping up operations began . the last remaining defensive location
and began to advance on its primary objective, which it reached in the early afternoon despite being held up while the tanks attempted to affect a creek crossing, and further delayed by stiff resistance. later, after one of the battalion's patrols came under heavy fire, the tanks moved up and attacked a japanese gun position which the defenders quickly abandoned, leaving behind a 70 mm gun and a large amount of ammunition. by 22 may, although there were still a number of japanese in the area which continued to harass and ambush their line of communications, most of the australian objectives had been secured and mopping up operations began. the last remaining defensive location